Coimbra, Portugal - View - Original Engraving by Pieter van der Aa - 1707
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Original 1707 engraving with the view of Coimbra from the Mondego, the long bridge over the river and the upper town. A numbered key identifies the aqueduct, the university, the cathedral, the Jesuit college, the old castle and the prisons of the Inquisition.
Original 1707 engraving with the view of Coimbra from the Mondego, the long bridge over the river and the upper town. A numbered key identifies the aqueduct, the university, the cathedral, the Jesuit college, the old castle and the prisons of the Inquisition.
From Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, attributed to Juan Álvarez de Colmenar and published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden in 1707, the most extensively illustrated work on Spain of the early 18th century. The composition follows the view of Coimbra engraved by Franz Hogenberg at the end of the 16th century.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Engraver / publisher: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733).
Date: 1707.
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden, 1707.
Dimensions: Image 4.9 x 6.2 in (12.4 x 15.8 cm); sheet 5.7 x 7.4 in (14.6 x 18.7 cm).
Condition: Good, with light toning of the paper.
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Original 1707 engraving with the view of Coimbra from the Mondego, the long bridge over the river and the upper town. A numbered key identifies the aqueduct, the university, the cathedral, the Jesuit college, the old castle and the prisons of the Inquisition.